
Verdant anime Gargantia’s much cherished Naruko Hanaharu-designed characters are getting additional exposure in Naruko-penned BD manga extras fans have noted bares an uncanny resemblance to his ero-manga, with some suitably gargantic boobs on display…
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Efforts by Ken Akamatsu and the Creative Commons to promote a system for authorising doujin works are proving controversial, with critics claiming their scheme could result in the destruction of the “grey zone” surrounding the doujin world and poses a clear threat to its survival should it be widely adopted.
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One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda hospitalisation with a tonsil infection has caused the cancellation of at least two One Piece instalments, alarming many fans yet again.
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Highschool of the Dead fans are aghast at the news that the much anticipated restart of the manga is actually just a one-off “special publication,” with the time-frame for actual resumption “undetermined.”
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With unusual candour for a top mangaka, on the eve of the release of the first animated Dragon Ball movie in over a decade series creator Akira Toriyama has taken some time out to bash the notoriously bad Hollywood adaptation he authorised.
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Square Enix manga magazine Shonen Gangan has astonished readers by deliberately printing a manga upside-down “as punishment” for the author missing a deadline.
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One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda’s “sudden illness” recently resulted in One Piece abruptly disappearing from the latest Weekly Shonen Jump – an absence they reassure readers will last only a week, although neither fans nor the industry will be happy to be reminded the world’s best selling mangaka is only mortal.
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“That” mangaka – Mari Yamazaki, of Thermae Romae fame – will be tackling a manga edition of the biography of “that” entrepreneur – Steve Jobs, deceased founder of Apple.
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The creator of the manga adapted into blockbuster bathing movie Thermae Romae has spoken of her outrage at learning that of the movie’s 6 billion yen gross she would only be receiving a paltry 1 million yen.
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Seiyuu otaku have been celebrating those seiyuu who are good with their hands as well as their mouths – and it looks as if a number of them may well be artistically talented enough to pursue careers as illustrators or mangaka in addition to voice work, as is plainly evident when their work is showcased:
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To Love-Ru author Yabuki Kentaro and top ero-doujinshika Ishikei, both masters of the art of ero-manga, have apparently become friends and seem to have been discussing “high level ero-works” together, much to the excitement of fans.
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The revelation that Saki mangaka Ritsu Kobayashi lives a “total hikikomori” lifestyle and has never even met most of the assistants, editors and animators responsible for realising the mahjong nopan empire Saki has become has come as a surprise to many.
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